Finn & Hengest The Fragment And The Episode

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  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9780261103559
  • 02 maart 1998
  • 192 pagina's
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Tolkien’s famous translations and lectures on the story of two fifth-century heroes in northern Europe.



Tolkien’s famous translations and lectures on the story of two fifth-century heroes in northern Europe.

Professor J.R.R.Tolkien is most widely known as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but he was also a distinguished scholar in the field of Mediaeval English language and literature. His most significant contribution to Anglo-Saxon studies is to be found in his lectures on Finn and Hengest (pronounced Hen-jist), two fifth-century heroes in northern Europe.

The story is told in two Old English poems, Beowulf and The Fights at Finnesburg, but told so obscurely and allusively that its interpretation had been a matter of controversy for over 100 years. Bringing his unique combination of philological erudition and poetic imagination to the task, however, Tolkien revealed a classic tragedy of divided loyalties, of vengeance, blood and death.

Tolkien’s original and persuasive solution of the many problems raised by the story ranged widely through the early history and legend of the Germanic peoples. The story has the added attraction that it describes the events immediately preceding the first Germanic invasion of Britain which was led by Hengest himself.

This book will be of interest not only to students of Old English and all those interested in the history of northern Europe and Anglo-Saxon England, but also admirers of The Lord of the Rings who will be fascinated to see how Tolkien handled a story which he did not invent.

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02 maart 1998
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192
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J R R Tolkien
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Alan Joseph Bliss
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Alan Bliss
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HarperCollins

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  • Finn and Hengest

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    Tolkien's middle-earth was an out-of-control hobby. He was actually a scholar, a philologist to be precise. This can be seen with his translation of and commentary on the two texts we have about Finn and Hengest. There is a fragment from a poem available and this same scene features in "Beowulf". For readers who have a basic knowledge of Anglo-Saxon, this might be an interesting look into some ideas behind Tolkien's fiction works in general and some of his nomenclature and artificial languages in particular. I believe, however, that readers without any interest or knowledge of Old English will not find this work one bit attractive.

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  • Tolkien, alleen voor ingewijden?

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    • heel informatief

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    • Moeilijk in te komen

    Tokien is vooral bekend om 'The Hobbit' en 'The Lord of the Rings' en in mindere mate om 'The Silmarillion'. Zijn wetenschappelijke bijdragen, zoals dit boekje Finn and Hengest, staan vol met info die alleen iemand die Oud-Engels studeert of er reeds les ingeeft, begrijpt. Vooralsnog voor deze laatstgenoemden is dit boekje een echte "wannahave".

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